Great Buildings .http://www.greatbuildings.com/types.html A database that allows you to search great buildings by name, style, location, and building types ranging from Neolithic times to today. Site includes 3-D models and is called the leading architecture reference site on the web.
http://www.emporis.com/en/ World’s largest free website for building information in 60,000 cities worldwide created by the Building Industry. The database features all imaginable construction types and usages: office buildings, hotels, towers, metro stations, tunnels, schools, stadiums, police stations, bridges, to name just a few.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/ Built in America: American Memory, Library of Congress Extensive database of all documents from The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) 1933 – present “The collections document achievements in architecture, engineering, and design in the United States and its territories through a comprehensive range of building types and engineering technologies including examples as diverse as the Pueblo of Acoma, houses, windmills, one-room schools, the Golden Gate Bridge”
http://archnet.org/library/images/ An extensive international database of Muslim Architecture; Can be searched by eras, buildings, collections and countries. Examples date back to the 1st century.
Magazines http://www.arcspace.com/ Online presence of the magazine, Arcspace, featuring the newest architects and projects worldwide
http://archrecord.construction.com/ Online presence of the magazine, Architectural Record (in our library) featuring the latest articles about architecture, engineering and constructions trades, materials, education, design ideas and trends. An award-winning multimedia web site covering the entire field
http://www.arplus.com/home.htm The Architectural Review (in our library) a magazine that covers the international scene of contemporary engineering, construction and architectural trends.
Hosted by the Smithsonian Museum, this web site contains a wealth of information related to American Art. Materials include images, letters, photographs and allows users to search for specfic information.
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this website provides timelines, thematic essays, and details on works of art.
Fun Stuff
archKIDecturehttp://www.archkidecture.org/ Fun website for exploring architecture, building materials, games, DIY building projects, curriculum ideas and links. For kids and adults
http://www.abcdpittsburgh.org/kids/kids.htm ABCD's Bridge Design Tips for Kids. Information about building bridge models with links from the Association for Bridge Construction and Design.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/ Explore large structures and what it takes to build them with BUILDING BIG™, a five-part PBS television series and Web site from WGBH Boston. (we have the book and the DVDs in our collection) http://www.pbs.org/wnet/innovation/episode1.html Companion website to the PBS documentary “Building to Extremes” (also in our library) about what it takes to build skyscrapers
Some great links and excellent databases
Great Buildings
.http://www.greatbuildings.com/types.html
A database that allows you to search great buildings by name, style, location, and building types ranging from Neolithic times to today. Site includes 3-D models and is called the leading architecture reference site on the web.
http://www.archiplanet.org/wiki/Main_Page
Archiplanet, a “community-constructed (wiki) collection for all the buildings, building users, and building creators on planet Earth” Search categories include: • Buildings • Houses • Images • Skyscrapers • Architects • Architecture Firms • Architecture Firms in USA • Construction Firms • Countries • Cities • Great Buildings • Historic Buildings • Buildings by Country • Buildings in England • Buildings in the United Kingdom
http://www.emporis.com/en/
World’s largest free website for building information in 60,000 cities worldwide created by the Building Industry. The database features all imaginable construction types and usages: office buildings, hotels, towers, metro stations, tunnels, schools, stadiums, police stations, bridges, to name just a few.
http://www.favoritearchitecture.org/
Collection of some of the best and most popular buildings in America
Math and Architecture From Yale
http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/2006/4/
NYC Architecture - 5 boroughs
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer/
Built in America: American Memory, Library of Congress
Extensive database of all documents from The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) 1933 – present “The collections document achievements in architecture, engineering, and design in the United States and its territories through a comprehensive range of building types and engineering technologies including examples as diverse as the Pueblo of Acoma, houses, windmills, one-room schools, the Golden Gate Bridge”
http://archnet.org/library/images/
An extensive international database of Muslim Architecture; Can be searched by eras, buildings, collections and countries. Examples date back to the 1st century.
Magazines
http://www.arcspace.com/
Online presence of the magazine, Arcspace, featuring the newest architects and projects worldwide
http://archrecord.construction.com/
Online presence of the magazine, Architectural Record (in our library) featuring the latest articles about architecture, engineering and constructions trades, materials, education, design ideas and trends. An award-winning multimedia web site covering the entire field
http://www.arplus.com/home.htm
The Architectural Review (in our library) a magazine that covers the international scene of contemporary engineering, construction and architectural trends.
http://info.arplus.com/?jlnk=csl0015
Architectural Review: Official Subscription WebSite
http://www.inhabitat.com/
Inhabit, a blog about sustainable architecture
http://www.skyscraper.org/home.htm
The Skyscraper Museum of New York City
- Archives of American Art
Hosted by the Smithsonian Museum, this web site contains a wealth of information related to American Art. Materials include images, letters, photographs and allows users to search for specfic information.- Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this website provides timelines, thematic essays, and details on works of art.Fun Stuff
archKIDecture http://www.archkidecture.org/
Fun website for exploring architecture, building materials, games, DIY building projects, curriculum ideas and links. For kids and adults
http://architectstudio3d.org/AS3d/index.html
Frank Lloyd Wright Interactive Site
http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/aat
Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online from the J Paul Getty Trust and Museum in Los Angeles
http://www.skyscraper.org/TALLEST_TOWERS/tallest.htm
A Timeline of the world’s tallest buildings
http://www.tape.net/~gerry/sullivan/
A personal page about Louis Sullivan
Bridges
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/sci/A0808901.html
This introductory Bridge site provides some basic information about bridges.
2) Basic Bridge Types from Matsuo Bridge
http://www.matsuo-bridge.co.jp/english/bridges/index.shtm
3) Bridge Basics: A Spotter's Guide to Bridge Design http://pghbridges.com/basics.htm
4) Bridge Building: Art and Science http://www.brantacan.co.uk/bridges.htm
5) Bridge Building Information http://www.brantacan.co.uk/bridges.htm
6) Bridges from Idaho PTV's Building Big http://www.idahoptv.org/buildingbig/bridges.html
7) Geometry of Bridge Construction http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/rs/bridges.htm
http://www.abcdpittsburgh.org/kids/kids.htm
ABCD's Bridge Design Tips for Kids. Information about building bridge models with links from the Association for Bridge Construction and Design.
http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=julia.963409415
Bridge Builder Magazine
Companion sites for DVDs in our collection
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/
Explore large structures and what it takes to build them with BUILDING BIG™, a five-part PBS television series and Web site from WGBH Boston. (we have the book and the DVDs in our collection)
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/innovation/episode1.html
Companion website to the PBS documentary “Building to Extremes” (also in our library) about what it takes to build skyscrapers
National Building Museum
http://www.nbm.org/